Full time21 July 1951
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Bledisloe Cup 1951Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 10 points.
Scoring
- –PAustralia penalty · Peter Rothwell3–0
- –PAustralia penalty · Neville Cottrell6–0
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Snow Cockerill6–2
- –CNew Zealand conversion · Snow Cockerill6–4
- –TNew Zealand try · John Tanner6–7
- –TNew Zealand try · Tom Lynch6–10
- –TNew Zealand try · Ray Bell6–13
- –TNew Zealand try · Lawrence Haig6–16
Line-ups
Australia
- 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 2Neville CottrellHooker
- 3Neil BettsProp
- 4Conrad PrimmerSecond row
- 5Alan CameronSecond row
- 6David BrockhoffFlanker
- 7Colin WindonFlanker
- 8Keith CrossNumber 8
- 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
- 10Richard ToothFly-half
- 11Clarence DavisWing
- 12Keith GudsellCentre
- 13Murray TateCentre
- 14Eddie StapletonWing
- 15Peter RothwellFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Hec WilsonProp
- 2Norman WilsonHooker
- 3Kevin SkinnerProp
- 4Bob DuffSecond row
- 5Richard WhiteSecond row
- 6Peter JohnstoneFlanker
- 7Eddie RobinsonFlanker
- 8William McCawNumber 8
- 9Brian SteeleScrum-half
- 10Lawrence HaigFly-half
- 11Ray BellWing
- 12Tom LynchCentre
- 13John TannerCentre
- 14Percy ErcegWing
- 15Snow CockerillFull-back
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Context
All-time, Australia 51–147 New Zealand, 8 drawn in 206 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Australia going in
New Zealand going in
- Previous meeting: 7 July 1951, Australia 11–17 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 6 September 1952
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.